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Farcical Senate Closer to Selling Education Secretary Position to Highest Bidder | gadflyonthewallblog

Farcical Senate Closer to Selling Education Secretary Position to Highest Bidder | gadflyonthewallblog:

Farcical Senate Closer to Selling Education Secretary Position to Highest Bidder

Unqualified billionaire Betsy DeVos is one step closer to becoming our next Education Secretary.
In one of the most embarrassing displays of subservience, once-respected Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) pushed the nomination through committee this afternoon despite numerous objections from Democrats.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted along party lines 12-11 to bring DeVos before the full Senate. A final vote has not yet been scheduled.
DeVos has next to zero experience with public schools. She never attended one. He children never attended one. She never taught in one. Nor does she even have a degree in education.